Pen-holder



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PEN HOLDER.

No. 311,556. Patented Feb. 3,1885.

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.GEORGE H. ALLEN, OE AYER, MASSACHUSETTS.

PEN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming pari'. of Letters Patent No. 311.556, dated February 3, 1885 Application filed June '20, 1884.

To (LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. ALLEN, a citizen Of the United States, residing at Ayer, in the county Of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have 'invented a new and useful Improvement in PeirHolders, and submit as a specification of the saine the accompanying drawings, with the following description.

My invention has for its object the uniting of a pen with a pcnstock by a ilexible connection, by which ease andtperl'ection in writing are secured to a degree not attainable by the use of pen-holders as ordinarily made.

The construction of mynew pen-holder may be more clearly understood by reference to the drawings, in which Figure l is a view of a penstock with a spirally-forined pen-socket applied internally, and Fig. 2 is an end view ot' the same.

In Fig. 1,-R represents a pen-stock having a cavity at its lower end, in which is inserted the spirally-formed pen-socket B G. D represents a part of the wire of the lower coil, bent so as to lie in the plane of the diameter of the said coil, and integral therewith, and turned backward at or near e, so as to describe the dotted line e H d within the helical coils, and terminating at or near d in contact with the inner surface of' the said helical coils.

In Fig. 2 an end view is presented, showing more clearly the pen-retaining device e H d, in which D shows the wire of the coil C, bent so as lie in the plane of the diameter of the said coil and turned backward at e to formthe penretaining device, as shown in Fig. l. The pen, having been inserted within the coils at e and pressed backward so as to lie between the end d and the inner surface of the coils, will be held by the pressure of both e and d against the concave surface of the said pen,

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being thus pressed against the inner surface of the said coils. It will be seen that the pen is held by pressure at two points along its shank, thereby obviating all tendency to tilt. It also has a hold within the pen-socket independently Of the penstock, whereby a perfection Of iiexibility is secured toa degree not obtainable in other devices. The spirallyformed pen-socket C is inserted in the central bore of the penstock, so as to leave several of the coils projecting beyond the end of the said penstock, by which the desired degree Ot flexibility is secured.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ot' the United States, is

l. A pen-socket for a pen-holder, formed of helically-coiled wire so bent that a part of the wire Otl the lower coilwill be in the plane of the diameter of the coil, and extending backward, forming an angle and terminating near the inner surface of the coil, and adapted to bear against the concave surface Of the pen, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination with a pen-stock bored Ont at its lower end, a spirally-formed pen socket provided with pen-retaining pointslocated within the coil, and integral therewith, and inserted in said stock and adapted to hold a pen, substantially as set forth.l

3. A pen-socket for a pen-holder7 formed of wire bent in helical coils, provided with pen-retaining points located within and integral with the wire of the coil, adapted to hold a pen independently of the pen-stock, substantially as set i'orth.

GEORGE H. ALLEN.

VitneSses:

I. M. STONE, A. E. ALLEN. 

